died. It is of course necessary to apply the 
spray with force, and directly on the part that 
is affected, which in most instances is on the 
bottom of the leaves and in the forks of the 
twigs. 
We have one of the largest collections of azal- 
eas in the South, with plants ranging from very 
large specimen azaleas down to lining-out stock. 
The Pride of Mobile azalea is, in our opinion, 
the most beautiful and satisfactory of all. Its 
color is a brilliant watermelon red, and it blooms 
more profusely than any other variety. The 
true Pride of Mobile, which we have, is a very 
hardy plant, and stands more cold than any 
other variety of Indica azalea. It generally 
blooms a little later than the other varieties, 
and the blooms, therefore, are not so often 
damaged by late cold weather. 
THE BURLAP SITUATION 
Due to the scarcity of burlap, all shipments 
of azaleas will be sent out this year unburlapped, 
but properly and carefully packed in spagnum 
moss or other suitable material, to insure their 
safe arrival in good condition. It is our opinion 
and experience that azaleas, packed in this man- 
ner, can be shipped as safely and will arrive in 
as good condition as burlapped plants. Especi- 
ally on Kurume azaleas that are going to be used 
for pot plants, the burlapping of them only 
causes the customer expense and trouble in tak- 
ing the burlap off before the plants can be pot- 
ted. In fact, almost all buyers of azaleas for 
pot plants request that the plants be sent un- 
burlapped, to save them this trouble. However, 
we realize that some customers will need bur- 
lapped plants to meet the special requirements 
of their trade, in which event four cents extra 
per plant should be included with orders for 
burlapped azaleas. In order to pass on to 
our customers the saving in cost of sending 
out azaleas unburlapped, extra plants of 
the same varieties ordered, to the extent of 
such saving, will be included in all mail 
orders of azaleas shipped out unburlapped. 
We have no desire to profit by this saving in 
cost, but adopt this policy because of war con- 
ditions that make it so difficult to obtain burlap. 
Eke 
